Procedure. After admission to the burn unit and after the physician has deemed that the patient is able to consume medication capsules orally, patients meeting all other selection criteria will be asked to participate in the study. Study rationale and procedures will be described to patients and informed consent will be obtained if patients indicate a willingness to participate. Basic demographic data, burn/wound related information and information pertaining to any other infections will be obtained. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the placebo or the cranberry group. Participants will be given one capsule as soon as possible after hospital admission (or as soon as they have been deemed capable of consuming medication capsules orally) and then as close as possible to 8 hours after the first dose. Patients will then be placed on an 8 hour dosing schedule (i.e., one capsule every 8 hours). Burn wounds will be examined for any clinical signs of infection as judged by attending physician on a daily basis. The determination as to whether an infection is present vs. absent will be made by a physician utilizing specific criteria. If signs of infection are present, cultures of the wound site will be taken and bacterial type will be recorded. After initial infection, wound sites will be observed to determine if infections resolve with treatment. If treatment does not seem to eradicate the infection, another bacterial culture will be taken and bacterial analysis will be performed and recorded. Data pertaining to wound infection and wound appearance will be taken on a daily basis throughout the duration of the patient's hospital stay. In addition, information pertaining to all infections present in each patient will be recorded on a daily basis throughout the patient's entire hospital stay. The determination as to whether other infections are present vs. absent will be made by a physician utilizing specific criteria.